Tracking Song
Publication(s)
- First publication
- In the Wake of Man, ed. Roger Elwood, Bobbs-Merril 1975
- Wolfe collection(s)
- Other reprints
- Lightspeed — November 2017 Issue #90, ed. John Joseph Adams, Lightspeed 2017
Summary
An amnesiac man struggles to survive on a wintery planet full of humanoid races with animal traits, while he tries to catch up to the ground vehicle where he may belong.
Comments
The tribes the narrator encounters are all associated with animal totems.
| Tribe | Animal | Weapon | Culture |
| Wiggikki | Wolf | club bow | Hunting in packs |
| Lenizee | Deer | Running | |
| Nashhwonk | Moose | chair | Solitary |
| Pamigaka | Wild Boar | curved-bladed tools | Gathering |
| Mimmunka | Lynx | hooked pole | Preys on the weak |
| Ketin | Lion | Mated pair | |
| Cim | Mink | endieva wand | Fishing |
Interpretations
Unanswered Questions
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